Western Civ II 24/01/2008 11:44:00←Charles Loyseau (1564-1627) French legal theorists, supporter of the social order of the Ancien Regime. Author of A Treatise On Orders (1610). ←←What are the meanings of the words west/ western?←•Create a story/ narrative to discuss historical facts oWhat are some of these stories – Triumph list (story of progress, linear progression) •Critical Narrative of Western Civ (getting worse and worse, main story)•Marxist Narrative: a way of making sense of history. Economic analysis included, narrative of progress, everything is making its way into communism. Economic forces drive history forward to progress. •Eschatology – study or theory of the end times, the end of history. Examples: Judgment Day•Economic explanation – social structure←←Fragmented Narrative of Western Civilizations.•There is no single big story, Life gets better, and life gets worse depending on whom you are. •A lot of people’s ideas are left out of a story. Who’s being left out?←←Early modern Europe- end of 1400’s up to mid 18th century capitalism.•Origins of imperialism, over seas trading routes colonize parts of world.•Social Structure -> Loyseau discusses Europe’s social structure.←←Social Estates, Social Nobility – What have we (America) gained since the 1700’s (France)

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←←Order: Legally recognized social position which is defined by the function that, that particular order set by the state •Has certain rights and obligations•Aren’t universal•There are usually a sense of hierarchy•Social mobility is extremely rare/ non – existent. ←←The advantage: everybody knows his/her place in society, it’s highly regimented. •There is order/ organization•Creates a sense of a whole society←←

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